Drapery crane



H. WEBER DRAPERY CRANE March 28, 1950 l Llll r l l I IIIIIIII HI I IHH Filed Feb. 18, 1948 I Hl l l l l H| l H I I HI I IH l l nn I I I l I I I l l l I INVENTOR. HENRY WEBER A OHN Y Patented Mar. 28, 1950 DRAPERY CRANE Henry Weber, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor of onefourth to, Harry A. Hildebrand, Brunswick,

Ohio

Application February 18, 1948, Serial No. 9,290

7 Claims. l

The invention relates to drapery cranes and particularly to devices of this character that are universally adjustable whereby they can be mounted on the supporting framework, such as a window or door frame, adjacent the top thereof and above or laterally of the window, either with a vertical or horizontal positioning of the supporting bracket, or at any desired angle. The crane is adjustable so that the drapery can be supported at any desired height or at any desired distance of lateral offset relative to the window or door frame, or inwardly of the latter at the desired spaced distance therefrom to accommodate other window covers, such as shades, valances, glass curtains, etc., between the crane drapery and the window proper. The crane also can be adjusted in relatively right angular planes so as to correct any irregularity in the hanging of the drapery or improper hanging thereof relative to the window or room floor due to improper installation, sagging, or shrinkage. These adjustments permit the necessary accommodation to obtain the desired ornamental effects, also to conform to the other window drapes and the particular window frame involved, and to correct draping irregularities resulting from faulty installation, use, or laundering.

The invention presents improvements in the drapery crane structure shown and described in my pending application for U. S. Letters Patent,

Serial No. 741,871, filed April 16, 1947, which has matured into U. S. Patent 2,461,457, dated February 8, 1949.

Particularly, the improved drapery crane is of the cantilever type, the cantilever arm being adjustably secured at one end to a crane bracket adjustably mounted on a window or door frame.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain means illustrating the improvements in drapery cranes, the same, however, disclosing only one form in which the principle of the invention may be embodied.

In said annexed drawing:

Figure l is a front elevation of the improved drapery crane, the supporting bracket and cantilever arm of which are shown in parallel horizontal positions, elongated telescoping sections of the cantiliver arm being shown broken away, an angular position of the cantiliver arm being shown in dot-and-dash outline to illustrate the adjustment of this arm in a vertical plane;

Figure 2 is a top plan of the elements shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the drapery crane;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 44, Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary vertical section taken in the plane indicated by the line 5-5, Figure 2.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which the same parts are indicated by the same several numbers in the respective Views, the improved drapery crane is provided with a supporting bracket I which, as shown in Figure 2, is adjustably secured to the top, or to the side member and adjacent the top, of a window or door frame 25 by means of screws 3 passed through spaced elongated slots 2 formed in the bracket I.

The drapery is suspended from an opposite end crane member consisting of a cantilever arm formed of elongated telescoping members 4 and 5. The inner end of the interior telescoping member 5 is provided with the usual drapery hook ii. The exterior telescoping member 4 is of gradually reduced cross-section 7 adjacent its outer end and merges into a flat tubular terminal portion 3 in which are secured elongated superposed plates 9 extended outwardly of the terminal member 8 and formed into an outer end bearing member 2. The superposed plates 9 are releasably held in the terminal portion 8 by means of a pair of inwardly projected spaced tongues ill formed from the terminal portion 8 and engaging grooves I l formed on the side face of one of the plates 9, as indicated in Figure 2.

The bearing member [2 is rotatably mounted upon a pin !3 extended at its two ends therefrom, these pin ends being respectively secured in a pair of ears l7 formed from expanded and straight corner portions I6 of a tapering terminal part 16 of an arcuate shell member l6 whose axis is at right angles to the axis of the pin iii.

The shell It forms a bearing for a journal surface provided by another shell-like member 2! forming the outer end of an angular extension 2% of the supporting bracket I. In other words, the shell-like member it can turn on the journal surface of the shell-like member 2|. This turning effect is secured by means of a plurality of spaced slots 22 formed through the shell-like member it, through which slots 22 extend screws 23 engaging the shell-like member 2 I, under the heads of which screws 23 the slots 22 play as the shelllike member it is turned. A loosening of the screws 23 will permit an adjustment in a vertical plane of the cantiliver arm l-5, as indicated in Figure 1, the shell-like member l6 turning about its axis on the journal surface of the shelllike member 2!.

It is also evident that the cantilever arm 4-5 can be adjusted in a horizontal plane by swinging it around the axis of the pin l3.

In order that the shell-like members iii and 25 may be relatively horizontally adjusted, in order to position the cantilever parts 4-5 further from or closer to the supporting bracket 5, an additional screw hole 24 is provided in the shell-like member 2i adjacent the inner end thereof so that the two screws 23 can be caused to engage the upper screw hole 24' and the screw hole 25 instead of the lower two screw holes 2 shown in Figure 3, after the shell member 18 has been moved inwardly over the shell member 25 the proper distance, this positioning of the screws 23 not requiring any inner end slot through the shell-like member l6 inasmuch as the inner tapering end portion N3 of the shell it falls outside the axis of the upper screw hole 2G as clearly indicated in Figures 2 and 5.

By the structure shown and described, it is evident that the supporting bracket i can be adjusted laterally oi the window frame and can be secured to the top or the side thereof and at any angle desired, that the extension of the cantilever arm i--5 laterally of the window can be adjusted, that the istance of the cantilever arm l5 inwardly of the window frame can be adjusted, and that the cantilever arm %5 can be pivctally adjusted inwardly and outwardly on the axis of the pin i3 as a pivot, and can be pivotaliy adjusted upwardly and downwardly on the axis of the shell-like members it and 2.5 as a pivot.

What. I claim is:

l. A drapery crane comprising a bracket having an angularly-related end extension and formed for selective adjustable mounting on a main support, a shell-like member formed at one end with spaced axially-aligned ears, the shelllike member and bracket end extension having respective complementary engaging bearing and journal surfaces, the shell-like member being formed with an arcuate slot therethrough, adjustment means permitting the relative turning of the shell-like member and the bracket end ex tension comprising a lock means reieasably secured to the shell-like member, passing through said slot, and engaging the bracket end exten- 51011, a pin secured adjacent its ends in said ears and having its axis at an angle to the axis of rela tive turning movement of the shell-like member and the bracket, and a cantilever curtain carrier formed with a bearing end extension rotatably mounted on the pin.

2. A drapery crane comprising a bracket having an angularly-related end extension and formed for selective adjustable mounting on a main support, a shell'like member formed at one end with spaced axially-aligned ears, the shelllik'e member and bra-cset end extension having respective complementary engaging bearing and journal surfaces, the shell-like member being formed with a plurality of spaced parallel slots therethrough, screws engaging the bracket end extension, passing through said respective slots, and having heads engaging the shell-like memher, a pin secured adjacent its ends in said ears and having its axis relatively right angular to the axis of relative turning movement or" the shelllike member and the bracket end extension, and a cantilever curtain carrier formed with a bearing end extension rotatably mounted on the pin.

3. A drapery crane comprising a supporting bracket having an end portion of s iell formation, a second shell formation provided one end with a journal: member, the two. shell formations having respective complementary engaging bearing and journal surfaces, one shell formation being formed with an arouate slot therethrough, a screw engaging the other shell formation, passing through saidslot, and having a head engaging the slotted shell formation, a cantilever curtain car- 4 rier having an end beariing member pivotally connected to the said journal member of the second shell formation, the axes of the said two shells and the said bearing and journal members being relatively right-angular.

4. A drapery crane, characterized as in claim 3, in which the two shell formations are axially adjustable and in which said one shell formation is formed with a plurality of parallel slots and in which there are a plurality of screws engaging the other shell formation and passing through the respective slots.

5. A drapery crane, characterized as in claim 3, in which the two shell formations are axially adjustable and in which said one shell formation is formed with a plurality of parallel slots and in which there are a plurality of screws engaging the other shell formation and passing through the respective slots, and in which the shell formation engaged by the screw has a part thereof extended beyond the other shell formation, which extended shell part is also formed for screw engagement.

6. In a drapery crane having a wall bracket and a cantilever curtain carrier, means providing for lateral and vertical adjustment of the carrier comprising bear'ng means secured to and adja cent one end of the cantilever, inner and outer shell-like members having respective complementary engaging journal and bearing surfaces, one shell-like member being formed with opposed end ears, a pin secured in said ears, the bearing means being mounted on the pin between saidears, the of the shell-like members being angularly-reiated to the pin axis, the second shell-like member being secured to the wall bracket, and releasable locking means for securing the shell-like members together and permitting a rotation of the first-mentioned shell relative to the second shell.

7. In a drapery crane having a wall bracket and a cantilever curtain carrier, means providing for lateral and vertical adjustment of the carrier comprising bearing means secured to and adjacent one end of the cantilever, inner and outer shell-like members having respective complementary engaging journal and bearing surfaces, a pin secured to one of the shell-like members and having a journal surface portion engaging the bearing means, the axis of the shell-like members being angularly-related to the pin axis, the second shell-like member being secured to the wall bracket, and releasable locking means for securing the shell-like members together comprising a plurality of screws engaging the inner shell-like member, the outer shell-like member being formed with a plurality of spaced arcuate slots through which the screws respectively pass, the screws having heads abutting the outer shell-like member adjacent the slots.

HENRY WEBER.

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